> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Claire Clarke wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Some of you who were alive back then might not consider this historic > > costume, but I thought this was a good place to ask this question. I was > > recently reading 'The Gabriel Hounds' by Mary Stewart, which is set in > > Lebanon in, I think the '60's (1960's that is). The narrator is English but > > has been living in America and at one point describes herself as 'dressing > > like an American'. I was curious how differently American and English women > > might have dressed at this time. Is this another way of saying that she > > dressed informally? Or wore trousers a lot? > > -----------------------------------
I spent the 60s wearing coordinated Villager a-line skirt and cardigan combos with Oxford cloth Peter Pan blouses. Of course the skirt had to cover my knees or I would have been sent home from school (and it was a public school). I suspect that was not the typical American costume--in fact, that is more or less how I picture the typical English one--wool skirts and cardigans. But then mine was that kind of small town. Things changed when I went to college, of course, and discovered that you were allowed to wear jeans off the farm. Not sure this helps answer your question, but it was a slice of 60s America. Preppy (though my name is not Bunny and my father belonged to the Lodge rather than the country club) before there was such a thing. Jane in No VA, still wearing nearly the same thing now--jeans, loafers, blazers, and button down shirts. Villager has gone out of business, of course, so I have to make my skirts to get them dorky enough. (Now my 18th century clothing--THAT is another story!) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
